Movie Making News

In the midst of the busy late summer harvest, the back to school preparations and the squeezing of the last bit of pleasure from the season, Ad Libbia Productions has been getting down to business. We made questionaires to survey everyone at our annual homeschool planning meeting and got a wonderful response. We spoke about our upcoming movie plans and also passed out a little description of Ad Libbia Productions.

"Ad Libbia Productions is an independent Christian film organization. Our organization is based out of Crossroads Family Media and Crossroads Baptist Church. We seek to glorify our Lord Jesus Christ in everything that we do. Ad Libbia Productions was created by and is headed up by some of the young people of Crossroads Baptist Church and works very closely with the Christian Family Home Educators Association of Stone County, Mississippi. Our goal is to create films of various genres that are enjoyable and educational for ourselves the creators, and for our audiences. We have produced one movie so far, A Harvest of Righteousness, and we have others in the works."

And over the course of a couple weeks before the meeting we put together a little short film or "commercial" for parents.

You can watch it here.

We are all really excited about our movie plans.

Laura

And God Created...

...every winged fowl after its kind...

Last night at the supper table (there was peas, corn bread with peppers in it, chicken cooked with potatoes and onions, a superb [*smile*] meal,) in between the chaos of passing and the first few moments of silence when we just start eating, Caleb shouted "LOOK Y'all" and pointed out the window.

Now if you've never been in our house, let me tell you about it. Right where we eat almost all of our meals (the only exception being on Wednesday nights and when we have company over and can't fit all the folks at one table [only then do we participate in age segregation] =) is a extremely large picture window. Lots of times we've watched kittens play around and fight with each other, half grown puppies play what looked a lot like football with a pine cone, and wild rabbits come to munch our grass. It's very entertaining.

But back to last night... Caleb pointed and low and behold (*'nother smile*) a flock of birds flying in a HUGE 'V' shape. This was a very long V. So long that I think that the bird at the end probably didn't feel like he was flying at all! We thing it must have been Geese (though I didn't hear any honking) because they were flying southeast. Daddy said they were early. Then we got started on a hole 'nother conversation about birds, and V's and, and "About how far south did these birds go any ways?" and then Caleb started telling us about his science book hes been reading for school, and Mr. Pasteur and his experiments with Spontaneous Generation, and about some birds, that as he put it "Ate a lot and got real fat and laid some eggs and then flew off a long ways and died."

And so we had a good discussion about all that last night at the supper table, And also about how some type of butterflies can get blow off or carried off their course some how, and still manage to get to where they need to be. And all that fits into their teeny tiny little brain! And the best thing that man can come up with a GPS that's like, what? a thousand maybe?(probably way more) times larger than a butterfly brain??!!! And all it knows to do when it gets of course is to say "Off Route. Recalculate?"

God new what he was doing when he gave animals instincts!

Something Told The Wild Geese

By Rachel Field

Something told the wild geese

It was time to go,

Though the fields lay golden

Something whispered, "snow."

Leaves were green and stirring,

Berries, luster-glossed,

But beneath warm feathers

Something cautioned, "frost."

All the sagging orchards

Steamed with amber spice,

But each wild breast stiffened

At remembered ice.

Something told the wild geese

It was time to fly,

Summer sun was on their wings,

Winter in their cry.

Anna

Picture Credit: Laura took it last year when our pond froze over during an Arctic Blast. (hence the pine cones,

we were trying to see how far we could make them slide. :-) Winter is on the way!

Cool Pictures

Laura took this picture when we were in Tennessee last May. It is a Blue heron (I think). All of these were taken on the Tennessee River right by Pickwick Dam.

:-)

Anna

Acts 5:34-42

34* Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

35* And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.

36* For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.

37* After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

38* And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

39* But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

40* And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

41* And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

42* And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

30 Reasons to Love Summer!

This is not an exhaustive list but it is things that are almost inseparably linked with summer and summer memories for me. And even if some of them are not things most people love (like hurricanes!) they still add something to beautiful summer. : )

1. Hot, steamy weather.

2. Swimming.

3. Fresh fruits and vegetables.

4. Shucking, shelling, and cleaning produce.

5. Digging potatoes.

6. Watching movies in the middle of the afternoon.

7. Playing games and doing puzzles.

8. Spending time standing over a steaming pot on the stove.

9. Staying up late talking with family.

10. Geting up late in the morning.

11.Getting up early to go to pick vegetables

12. Homeschool group creek day.

13. Homemade ice cream.

14. Time with friends and family.

15. Snake "adventures".

16. Scrumptious read-alouds.

17. Cleaning out in preparation for the school year.

18. Changing out our family devotional schedule in August.

19. Sewing projects.

2o. Kittens and/or puppies.

21. New cooking projects.

22. Mowing the grass.

23. Summer thundershowers.

24. Rainbows.

25. Hurricanes.

26. Laundry flapping in a hot breeze.

27. Movie making.

28. Waking up before dawn to go to the pond and watch the stars.

29. Slower school and music lessons.

30. Summer reading lists.